Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana

Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana
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Publisher : Abhinav Publications
Total Pages : 470
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ISBN-10 : 817017208X
ISBN-13 : 9788170172086
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Download or read book Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana written by Umakant Premanand Shah and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The JAINA-RUPA-MANDANA Volume I is an authentic work on Jaina iconography from the pen of a well-known authority on the subject, Dr. Umakant P.Shah, an eminent Indologist and art-historian with specialization in Jaina art and literature. Illustrated profusely with over two hundred monochrome plates, the work is a standard textbook and a very useful guide to all students in Indian art and archaeology and to Museum Curators. The work is supplemented with a large number of iconographic tables for images of all important Jaina gods and goddesses. Dr. Shah, the author, has for the first time given solutions to various basis problems of Jaina iconography supported with ample evidence from both archaeology and literature including unpublished original texts still in manuscripts.


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